The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-06-04
THE MAMMA.
EXPLANATORY NOTES BY S. !. CUR
TlSS, PHI, D., D. D.


great dolIvoraurc they were introduced Ia
life IN the wilderness, of Sinai, This wilder
ness i, a trian-l" It's base is 10 miles in
length. It. apex divides the Red sea into two
arms. Tho side On the western arm, known
rs the Gulf of Suoz, extends 100 miles, the
side on the eastern, called the Gulf of Ahaba,
is l2Jmlr5 in length. Thus the peninsula Of
Sinai contain7au area Of 1900 square miles.
a. the peninsula of Sinai extends like "A
wedge into tho. Red sea, 50 the desert Of TT
IT'D, which was ih' enc oil the wandr'iuSS
@, l.!' 'hI''r'h oi israel ""'Se h1'' Is o" l"'
'"'''''' I'"''''' 'N,.""' ""o N."a' ''" 'li'
same l.''.''I" I", ,it'tIt "i ~ IN, "h''h
j. ",' "u""u az ''' " "''''''S "' l"i"h' Is
u,''''d mo TWO "'a.E ,I'"i paris 10y iAe
wary o. A''h' '' u', river "l h5fl'' IN"
tern boundary "' I'a'l $ W"uH'n pos
"- ''"'' ""''" las '.'''w ii"'l. "'N' 'Nl'-
'".E on the N'u'" am" east ''"e'' from ""Il
l" '.' '',' 81 t"' '.,' ''" Is 'nc "''' ct
H"''n'r IIih-I' Nh'ch taxes mp the huiih-
cast corner oil ~ '"'' an" "h' was known
as 'Io N,N'"' OF ',""ln country mere
'N,I'"''"' ''I'c anu "' "' '"'''
"' H'"'' I'l '"' l'''' ~ '"'N country, "hI'h
Is ''i,I,o' To inc r'S''n ""'I' H. Is in' N"g'n :
'.' "'''' ''.'' "' '''' ""'"'' 'I,-'' T.! I'm Is
''''l'''"''N'iE S''I''' ana Inc N'""'c PENN
sum P"'"'v' ""' "''', N'5''t''o" 'N,'P' III
,'' ""'',' "' S't"" DEUS u Is "'h,N'"'
"'"'N'H'y l'"'"''."' E''II'Ih''' an" 'N-
l'"'rr7' Tor S'''''-,f "''-"'y reasons tha'
t',' 'n''''''' peninsula was "''' i'I "i'r' Ter
,'l' ,"ah a' present LN'h no" more imam
".'' ''i'"," ma "' I''Nl " l''rl"h S"''SlNt-
'".' III ~ "'"""@n 'n''r provisions are |"
some extent supHi'nl'ht'h from Egypt.
lou l'''' inc peninsula mas suffered from a
loss 81 iI''7' "l'I'h were aI one tlhe ruin
i'''Iy u'NIT"l'" 10 I"IIlINh charcoai ior eS-
P'.t'uoh
hdt we may h"t NuppoN''' uhder any rircum-
stances '"'1 tue 'NIl''Il'' peninsula r""'" nave
",1"' ~ support @oov'"Vo "I l''opr' 4" even
huh'reu'" part oil that hummer II th"y had
I" "cl'''t ON the resources 81 tue country
'hu'r l"'iie''S II 'here were mines "hlch
were worked on the west SIZE o. 'he penn
SUM ~ may DE 'hat 'h'y were uiscoii'Ii'ueu
uhier herhelH.ah'
IL II noV l'oGNl"'' W ueI'ii'nhe preti'eIy lhe
route Whlch the lsra'IiteS TOOK. AFTER cross
"H 'Lic i'c" -" ',''9 went 'uI'e u"Ss WIN
ou' W"''r' ana 'ae'' on coming 'o Marah
i"uh' o'i'S '""C "HiNn was pl''ef' ine pre-
ScI'e o' llatrui III Tue son mikes 'he wafer
n5tt,r' ~ Is commonly re!ie'eu ehat EIiih Is
"hdy 'htraidrL mere they round Twelve
'.HilsS Oh wafer ana seventy lF'im 'iees lex
XIV, ~ lhcv Coulu not Always remain III
inns deliShuui pace lhey passed on there-
lore 10 Tue WILDERNESS OF Hlh'
At the END OF SIX weeks the prospect seemed
most dIscouraSlhS Inc congregation OF
israel was III the wilderness without food
y" wonder they muImufed ana That they
forgot their hard bondage and longed for the
neShpotS OF Egypt lhN. XVI, D.
THE LESSON.
What was the Mamma, ". 4).-God there.
fore undertakes TO make provision for his
people, and promises TO rain bread from
heaven for them each day. There has been
much discussion as to what Ii intended here
10y the mamma. Many think that it is the
product OF the tamarlsk tree, such as Il found
today IN small quantities. The yield Is not
moro than OO or 400 pounds. Unless the
quantity was miraruou,ly increased. like the
five loavcS and two fishes, Ii could never have
furnished food enough for the lsraeiteS. Be
si"e, this mamma which comes from the tam
arisli tree is to be had only during two
months.
The object Of giving this food to Israel was
not only that God might preserve life, but
also that no might prove them whether they
would walk IN his law or not.
V. 5. Evidently tho supply was miraculous.